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茧
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cocoon

HSK 10 N1
Human →Body
jiǎn
ケン
まゆ、きぬ
견
A silk 糹 cocoon 冂 spun by a worm 虫
Components
Traditional (繭)
艹 grass (top)+ 冂 large room+ 糹 silk+ 虫 insects =
繭 cocoon
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
冂 Meaning component
jiōng large room
wide
糹 Meaning component
mì
silk
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
Simplified (茧)
艹 grass (top)+ 虫 insects =
茧 cocoon
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
繭
Regular
Modern
Chinese
茧 / 繭 [jiǎn]
cocoon; callus
Japanese
繭 まゆ 同音
noun cocoon
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
蚕は繭を作る。
Silkworms spin cocoons.
Japanese Names
繭 あゆ
Ayu female given name
繭 まゆ
Mayu female given name
繭 まゆら
Mayura female given name
CHINESE WORDS (9)
老茧 [lǎo​jiǎn] #28,288
callus (patch or hardened skin)
作茧自缚 [zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù] #28,075
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
茧子 [jiǎn​zi] #34,057
callus (patch or hardened skin)
蚕茧 [cán​jiǎn] #33,943
silkworm cocoon
作茧 [zuò​jiǎn]
to make a cocoon
抽丝剥茧 [chōu​sī​bāo​jiǎn]
lit. to spin silk from cocoons
破茧成蝶 [pò​jiǎn​chéng​dié]
lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
蚕茧纸 [cán​jiǎn​zhǐ]
paper made from silkworm cocoons
造茧自缚 [zào​jiǎn​zì​fù]
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
JAPANESE WORDS (18)
⭐ 絹糸 [きぬいと] #28,209
silk thread
繭玉 [まゆだま] #104,744
New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
玉繭 [たままゆ] #126,081
dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms)
山繭 [やままゆ] #151,441
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
収繭 [しゅうけん] #238,554
cocoon crop
絹紬 [けんちゅう] #238,664
pongee (unbleached silk)
産繭 [さんけん] #277,306
(silkworm) cocoon production
繭価 [まゆか] #282,485
price of a cocoon
蚕繭 [さんけん] #289,579
silkworm cocoon
繭かき [まゆかき] #316,830
taking silkworm cocoons out of the cocoon holder
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